Has anyone made horse poo bricks?

[Mare Stare]

Just wondering.

I saw an article a few years ago that was discussing how to make bricks from poo that you can burn on a fire. Apparently, they don't smell because the methane burns away.

You can use the brick maker things they use to make paper logs. From what I remember you have to leave the bricks a few days so that they dry out.

I was just wondering if anyone has tried them. They must be cost effective.

Edit - Proof that I didn't just dream this up!! -
http://www.equinecompare.co.uk/docs/BurnHorseManure/

 

[debsg]

Well that's something constructive you can do with a load of old ****! Unfortunately. I don't have a real fire to burn them on! Good idea though - would love to do it when my evil stepmother comes to visit

 

[JessandCharlie]

We tried, it didn't really work tbh it took forever to dry, even in our boiler room/cellar, which is roasting! Didn't burn brilliantly, and fell apart making them really hard to move. Didn't smell though!

J&C

 

[cremedemonthe]

I'm making paper bricks, did some yesterday but this time of year it takes SO long to dry them out.If you can make them with poo or otherwise, in the summer and store them then it could be worth a try?
Maybe a bit of paper and poo to bind it all together to stop it falling apart might work?
Oz

 

[flying solo]

I might try this in the summer! I just paid £130 to fill my coal bunker!

 

[DragonSlayer]

I reckon I'll have a go, I can stack them in the stable, no-one will go in it anyway, might as well put it to good use!

 

[PapaFrita]

My former YO's poo gets taken away by a company that makes horse poo bricks.
ETS: Bricks of the kind that houses are built with.

 

[Yertis]

Yes!! the trick is not to have much bedding in it, we use the field poo, mix water into the poo in a wheel barrow or similar, stir well to thick mud consistency, put into brick maker, lay on wire rack for a few days for initial drying, stack with gaps of about 2" in between and forget them for 6 months. Will end up quite light when dried out but shouldn't break apart, 2 will usually keep our small woodburner going overnight, calorific value is only a bit lower than wood.